JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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this is a really old concept', its neither innovative or unique - it's been around for years. I have a ashtray made from a beer bottle that my dad gave me, that he bought in the 70's
Posted in: Used wine bottles transformed into beautiful glassware
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Carcharodon
If I had these oakleys http://goo.gl/rYN64 I think I might like it more.
Posted in: Do you enjoy watching movies in 3D?
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and now he's upset he's not going to London? what a muppet, move on nothing to see here.
Posted in: Comedian runs away with Cambodian's Olympic hopes
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Sad news, but what silly old fools. People still ski on the high peaks in Golden Week - it's not summer up there. The cavalier attitude to personal safety of a certain segment of older men never ceases to amazes me. They usually make themselves known in a typhoon.
Posted in: 8 elderly climbers perish on 3 mountains in Northern Alps
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Another top athlete keels over. Two soccer players recently and now Oen. Current top line sports are pushing athletes to their extremes, revving their engines at red line. Sad news for Norway , Oen was a ray of hope after last years massacre in Oslo. Lifting the country by winning at the WC's. Saw him on TV here in Japan swimming against some comedians, seemed like a really good guy. 26 y.o. far too young, what a waste.
Posted in: Japanese swimmers reconsider altitude training after Oen's death
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Carcharodon
Breaking bad - Japan style.
Posted in: Boy steals from high school chemistry lab to make explosives
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Carcharodon
Tosa? those dogs can be pretty nasty - outlawed in some countries. Arrest and charge the owner and have the one dog put down.
Posted in: 90-year-old woman dies after being attacked by dog in Yamanashi
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more facts: 670km is the limit for a one driver bus trip. This trip was less than 670km. it met the legal requirements. The driver had 3 days off before this trip - he should have been well rested. Cant see the bus company getting in too much trouble, the driver it seems is going to take it all on the chin. Perhaps the law will change, but will the lower and middle class patrons of all these night buses be happy with the increased cost of night buses if more drivers are required? Tragic circumstances, but there are tens of thousands of such trips made yearly and one accident while tragic doesn't necessarily mean big changes are needed.
Posted in: 7 killed as bus on way to Tokyo Disneyland crashes in Gunma
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horrific, what this basic report doesn't say is that it was at 4AM in the morning, Night bus - odds on the driver nodded off and with tragic consequences. One more reason to avoid the horrible experience that is the night bus.
Posted in: 7 killed as bus on way to Tokyo Disneyland crashes in Gunma
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Carcharodon
I found a cure years ago...clippers. There are far bigger are more valuable issues out there to be focussing on.....
Posted in: Study raises hopes of cure for baldness
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Carcharodon
I LOVE the decorum and manners of Japaneses movie goers, no cell phones going off, no talking or whispering - just absolute silence, so you can enjoy the film, you know -get totally immersed without distraction. The only time this is odd is comedies where the jokes are lost in transalation, I was the only one laughing in Austin Powers , it was bizarre. More expensive? maybe but for that clean, comfortable quiet cinema, its more than worth it for me. I never pay more than 1200 yen for a ticket anyway. Always go to the the late shows (after 8pm) which in the West is the prime slot! Toho cinemas: awesome!
Ebisen - spot on!
Posted in: What differences have you noticed in the movie-going experience at cinemas in Japan compared to cinemas overseas?
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NZ sports forums have been perplexed by this issue, many have been, eh? what? Lam and the management have blown it out of proportion, Why? probably to divert attention from the real issues at hand (underperforming), who knows?. Lam is having a crapp season - period, His coaching decisions have been poor, even last night he made more more calls. He is really fumbling the ball..
Posted in: New Zealand rugby chiefs slam race jibes
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30? well actually it's 25, Early twenties is the reproductive peak time and once a woman is about 25 it's all down hill for her reproductive system. Woman are having children later and later, just one more issue in the complicated modern World.
Posted in: If you want a child, do it before you're 30, says leading obstetrician
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Come on Japan today! this story has evolved and other news agencies are reporting something very different, yet here the version remains the initial report!
The epilepsy angle is barking up the wrong tree people, that apparently wasn't a factor in this accident. (not that isn't a serious issue in itself, but it's not the major issue here)
What is being reported elsewhere is that he did not have a seizure , it is more likely he freaked out with disastrous consequences, he crashed into the taxi and panicked and ran, he reversed and then took off honking his horn along the narrow street before taking out the pedestrians and finally hitting the power pole. What person having a seizure can reverse, then go forwards while the honking the horn?
He was weak, selfish and pathetic and he took out innocent people.
Posted in: 8 dead after epileptic driver in minivan rams into pedestrians in Kyoto
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Carcharodon
it was in the story
Prosecutors said that Kijima, a mother of five, would reportedly agree to marriage and then claim to be in desperate need of cash to complete her studies before she could go through with the marriage.
Posted in: 'Black widow' sentenced to death for murder of 3 men
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so·ci·o·path noun Psychiatry . a person with a psychopathic personality whose behavior is antisocial, often criminal, and who lacks a sense of moral responsibility or social conscience.
I remember this case when it first came to light. She is pure evil and she deserves to swing. She must be quite a piece of work to have fooled so many over the years. I feel deep pity for her 5 children (5!), how must they feel knowing their mother is one despicably evil, sick (insert unmentionable word here)
Posted in: 'Black widow' sentenced to death for murder of 3 men
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Carcharodon
As Ace Ventura would say ...La-uuuuu---zeerrr!!
Posted in: An Apple a day
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Carcharodon
looks pretty sweet, the only thing the seems odd is the name, what happens one year from now and the next ipad comes out will it be "new new ipad" "next ipad"?
Posted in: Apple unveils new iPad, Apple TV box
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Pity we don't have a TV.....
you don't need a tv for hulu, just a net connection and an ipad or android device or Pc....
Posted in: BBC and Hulu tie up
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The usual sanctimonious JT crew pointing fingers as per usual. Few seem to realize the huge volume of the snow that fell, few gave the grandpa any credit -automatically accusing him of gross drunk negligence when in all likelihood he was frantically digging . Thank you Cleo for shedding more light on this vague news report and confirming what most sensible logical people were thinking anyway. The real tragedy here is a little girl died while enjoying some playtime and there wasn't a community response of days of old where dozens of locals would turn up in minutes to help dig out, then again there may have been no one for miles. Sure the emergency services were delayed, it is hard to negotiate treacherous roads in what looks a pretty rural area. (check google maps) When not in full possession of the facts its best to keep ones cynical tongue holstered.
Posted in: 5-year-old girl dies after being buried by snow falling from roof